Reducing Your Medical Expenses

According to new data from the Tzu Chi Vegetarian Study, following
a plant-based diet reduces health expenses compared with consuming a diet
containing meat.

Researchers from Taiwan looked at more than 12,000 Buddhist
volunteers and compared a diet of frequent fruit, vegetables, soy and nuts (vegetarian)
compared to a diet characterized by relatively more consumption of meat and
fish and less plant-based foods (omnivore).
Vegetarians had a 15% lower total medical expenditure and a 13% lower
outpatient medical expenditure, compared with omnivores in this study.